Hospitals and healthcare organizations can reach Stage 6 of the HIMSS EMR adoption model by demonstrating significant advancements in their almost fully deployed EMR systems for patient safety, clinician support, clinician recruitment and competitive marketing. Hospitals at this stage in the model are also shown to have made significant improvements in patient care through the use of an EMR.
The seven stages range from the having no EMR installed at all — Stage 0 — to no longer needing paper charts to deliver and manage patient care due to use of clinical data warehouses and clinical information transactions via health IT solutions — Stage 7.
Read the Healthcare IT News report about the HIMSS EMR adoption model (pdf).
Read other coverage about electronic medical records:
– New York’s Medical Records Network Will Be Country’s Biggest
– First Wave of Certified EMRs Announced
– Annual Report Reveals Sales of EMRs Doubled in 2009, Some Vendors Not Ready for High Demand
